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Balch Hotel A historic inn on the SUNNY side of Oregon, where the Columbia Gorge meets the High Desert. A welcoming setting for retreats or weddings.
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The perfect place to view MT Hood while enjoying specialty crafted cocktails, good food, w**e, seasonal live music. The Balch Hotel provides a simple yet elegant escape from hectic everyday life. Being a boutique historic property our rooms are vintage 1900s without feeling old or fussy. Enjoy luxury linens, pillow top beds and original art in each room. Private bathrooms en suite or European style across the hall. And while we're pet friendly (with 2 rooms), we don't allow children due to the nature of our property. Our peaceful setting is enhanced by the serenity of nature. Get grounded and relax in our gardens or by the meditation pond, gaze at the surrounding fields out the windows, See a breathtaking view of Mt. Hood greeting you at the start of each morning as you receive your handmade breakfast basket, locally roasted coffee and Organic local teas. (All included with stay.) A stay here has everything you need to feel replenished and energized, including our Spa Sanctuary for delicious self care treatments and Balch Bistro for dining indoors, outside and takeaway. Our menu features simple rustic offerings to nourish your hunger for healthy AND delicious. (Gluten free and plant based, too!)

Our main focus is making sure you feel well taken care of balancing high end service with all COVID precautions. You'll find homemade chocolate chip cookies upon arrival. Contactless check in and check out. Hand sanitizer and mask-wearing galore. Enjoy local w**e and b**r you can sip in the parlor or on the patio as you enjoy a good book or play a game. Enjoy the firepits on the patio (seasonally permitted.) If you're interested in inspired activities, consider a Sanctuary Experience through our spa, featuring 1:1 or couples Meditation Ritual, Nature Bathing, and other out-of-spa replenishment. Or join in one of our events. We offer jam nights, painting parties, writer's, artist's and yoga retreats, wildflower and w**e tours, as well as w**emaker's and women’s dinner parties. You can always host your own with weekend getaways, corporate team building meetings, weddings and family reunions

10/17/2026

A beautiful fall evening at the Balch calls for glowing fire pits, delicious comfort food, and something special to sip!

How does warm baked Brie and a Maple Pecan Old Fashioned sound? Or maybe Chicken Parmesan with cheesy orzo and a glass of local red w**e?

And for the perfect ending? Homemade apple crisp paired with a Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini.

Whatever you’re craving, the cozy atmosphere, great music, wonderful company, and delicious food make the Balch the perfect place to spend a fall evening.

Come cozy up with us tonight!

As the colors change with the season so do our cocktail specials! Visit the Bistro this weekend for our two seasonal dri...
10/15/2026

As the colors change with the season so do our cocktail specials! Visit the Bistro this
weekend for our two seasonal drinks:

**Pumpkin Spiced Espresso Martini

**Pecan Old Fashion

We are open Thursday thru Monday 5pm to 8pm.

Live music at the Balch hotel this Saturday! Can’t wait to see you there!
10/07/2026

Live music at the Balch hotel this Saturday! Can’t wait to see you there!

Book Launch at the Balch: This Thursday!Before we were stewards of this old hotel, Samantha Irwin brought it back to lif...
09/28/2026

Book Launch at the Balch: This Thursday!

Before we were stewards of this old hotel, Samantha Irwin brought it back to life. Now she's written the story, and we're celebrating right here where it all happened.

Join us Thursday, October 1, 5:30–7:00 PM for the launch of The Warm Cookie Effect: The Secret to Stand-Out Hospitality.

Expect stories from the book (and a few that didn't make it in!):
🔑 The Front Desk Mystery
🏚️ What possessed her to buy an empty building?
🔨 Restoration stories
💍 The drunk wedding that changed the business model

Complimentary ch*****ne to toast the launch
Books available for purchase and signing

Make an evening of it! After the stories wrap up, stay for dinner in the Balch Bistro, or settle in on the patio with appetizers and a cocktail as the sun goes down on an early fall evening.

Come peek behind the curtain of the building we all love. We'd love to see you there!

Beautiful wedding here this weekend!! Congratulations to Atley & Kyle!!!
09/28/2026

Beautiful wedding here this weekend!! Congratulations to Atley & Kyle!!!

The Bistro is CLOSED this weekend, but we'll see you next Saturday, October 3rd! 🎶 Tuesday String Band — full-time touri...
09/25/2026

The Bistro is CLOSED this weekend, but we'll see you next Saturday, October 3rd! 🎶
Tuesday String Band — full-time touring bluegrass, once called "the hardest working band in the Pacific Northwest" — is bringing their fast, tight, Billy Strings–adjacent sound to the patio.
Come early, stay late!

IT'S THE WEEKEND! 🎉 And we could not be more excited to host a Pickin' Circle with Beard & Banjo tonight! Tomorrow, Denn...
09/18/2026

IT'S THE WEEKEND! 🎉 And we could not be more excited to host a Pickin' Circle with Beard & Banjo tonight! Tomorrow, Dennis Tomlin & Sherry Underhill Walston take the patio! Come for dinner, stay for dessert, or just come for the music — either way, we want to see you here.

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40 Heimrich Street
Dufur, OR
97021

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